Birth defects and parental occupation: preliminary results from metropolitan Atlanta.

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• Personal Author:
  Anderson CE ; Cochran WM ; Erickson JD
• Description:
  The relationship between parental occupation and birth defects in offspring was investigated. Data on infant malformation was obtained from the Metropolitan Atlanta Congenital Defects Surveillance Program, and Maternal Occupation was determined from personal interviews and Bureau of Census classifications. The study population included 989 women from Atlanta selected on the basis of their infant's defect. A significant number of mothers of children with cleft lip were nurses. Children with omphalocele and gastrochisis were more frequently born to female craftsworkers. The authors note that these results should be considered tentative due to the small study sample. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Family Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Urogenital System Women
• Keywords:
  Families; Occupational-exposure; Reproductive-effects; Women; Embryotoxicity;
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  53-67
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00105769
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1980 Oct; :53-67
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• NORA Priority Area:
  Work Environment and Workforce: Special Populations
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of a Workshop on Methodology for Assessing Reproductive Hazards in the Workplace, April 19-22, 1978, P.F. Infante and M.S. Legator, Eds. Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies, NIOSH, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/241146/cdc_241146_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]